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CentroGeo identifies forests with bigger carbon credit potentialUsing satellite images, researchers at the Center of Geography and Geomatics (CentroGeo) estimate the quantity of carbon that Mexican forests store and identify the species that best serve as a reservoir.http://phys.org/news305798601.html
EarthMon, 09 Dec 2013 08:50:02 ESTnews305798601Earth's northern biomass mapped and measuredThe biomass of the northern hemisphere's forests has been mapped with greater precision than ever before thanks to satellites, improving our understanding of the carbon cycle and our prediction of Earth's future climate.http://phys.org/news291539436.html
EarthThu, 27 Jun 2013 08:40:05 ESTnews291539436Explainer: How much carbon can the world's forests absorb?You are walking through the bush when you see an enormous tree trunk, tens of metres long, lying across the forest floor. Imagine you and several dozen friends lifting it by hand. Now you've literally grasped the significance of trees and forests when it comes to carbon sequestration – trees are heavy, and carbon accounts for almost half their dry weight, or biomass.http://phys.org/news290244770.html
EarthWed, 12 Jun 2013 09:00:01 ESTnews290244770No-win situation for agricultural expansion in the Amazon, research saysThe large-scale expansion of agriculture in the Amazon through deforestation will be a no-win scenario, according to a new study. Published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, it shows that deforestation will not only reduce the capacity of the Amazon's natural carbon sink, but will also inflict climate feedbacks that will decrease the productivity of pasture and soybeans.http://phys.org/news287338494.html
EarthThu, 09 May 2013 19:00:01 ESTnews287338494Powerful enzymes create ethanol from agricultural harvest wasteThe DISCO project coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed powerful enzymes, which accelerate plant biomass conversion into sugars and further into products such as bioethanol. The project's results include lignin-tolerant enzymes and enzyme cocktails for processing spruce, straw, corn cob and wheat bran. The commercialisation of these enzymes has now begun in the Netherlands.http://phys.org/news276861308.html
BiologyTue, 08 Jan 2013 09:55:16 ESTnews276861308New Cuban biodiesel looks to 'bellyache bush'A new biodiesel plant in Cuba -- the first of its type -- is turning seeds from the so-called "bellyache bush" into a green energy source, it was announced Monday.http://phys.org/news261674738.html
TechnologyMon, 16 Jul 2012 16:25:43 ESTnews261674738Analysis raises atmospheric, ecologic and economic doubts about forest bioenergyA large, global move to produce more energy from forest biomass may be possible and already is beginning in some places, but scientists say in a new analysis that such large-scale bioenergy production from forest biomass is unsustainable and will increase greenhouse gas emissions.http://phys.org/news253971365.html
EarthWed, 18 Apr 2012 12:36:23 ESTnews253971365Biomass tax credits stabilized wood prices, fueled economic benefitsThe first full year of Oregon's tax credits given to biomass collectors and producers &#151; as administered by the Oregon Department of Energy &#151; helped stabilize prices for wood-based fuel, supported as many as 73 jobs and created economic benefits that exceeded the program's cost, researchers report.http://phys.org/news243505610.html
Other SciencesMon, 19 Dec 2011 08:27:06 ESTnews243505610Report provides new analysis of carbon accounting, biomass use, and climate benefitsA recent report provides new ideas regarding carbon and energy benefits forests and forest products provide. The report, Managing Forests Because Carbon Matters: Integrating Energy, Products, and Land Management Policy, summarizes and analyzes the most recent science regarding forests and carbon accounting, biomass use, and forest carbon offsets.http://phys.org/news240056036.html
EarthWed, 09 Nov 2011 10:14:05 ESTnews240056036First renewable energy exchange opens in AmsterdamDutch-Belgian energy market provider APX-Endex launched a "biomass exchange" Thursday specialising in trading wood pellets as a source of renewable energy, a venture it said was a world first.http://phys.org/news239548779.html
TechnologyThu, 03 Nov 2011 15:10:01 ESTnews239548779Production of biofuel from forests will increase greenhouse emissionsThe largest and most comprehensive study yet done on the effect of biofuel production from West Coast forests has concluded that an emphasis on bioenergy would increase carbon dioxide emissions from these forests at least 14 percent, if the efficiency of such operations is optimal.http://phys.org/news238595402.html
EarthSun, 23 Oct 2011 13:30:11 ESTnews238595402Vermont capital residents OK wood-heating system(AP) -- Vermont's capital city is going ahead with a plan to expand state government's wood-fired heating system into city schools and government buildings.http://phys.org/news227331008.html
TechnologyWed, 15 Jun 2011 04:30:26 ESTnews227331008Turning forests into fuel: New report outlines promise and limits of biomass energy in the NortheastForest biomass could replace as much as one quarter of the liquid fossil fuel now being used for industrial and commercial heating in the Northeastern United States. That's according to a new report released today by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.http://phys.org/news217168859.html
TechnologyThu, 17 Feb 2011 12:41:21 ESTnews217168859Why are vines overtaking the American tropics?(PhysOrg.com) -- Sleeping Beauty's kingdom was overgrown by vines when she fell into a deep sleep. Researchers at the Smithsonian in Panama and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee received more than a million dollars from the U.S. National Science Foundation to discover why real vines are overtaking the American tropics. Data from eight sites show that vines are overgrowing trees in all cases.http://phys.org/news216881035.html
BiologyMon, 14 Feb 2011 04:44:18 ESTnews216881035New boreal forest biomass maps produced from radar satellite dataHaving a large-scale boreal forest biomass inventory would allow scientists to understand better the carbon cycle and to predict more accurately Earth's future climate. However, obtaining these maps has been wrought with difficulty - until now.http://phys.org/news188731079.html
EarthThu, 25 Mar 2010 10:18:50 ESTnews188731079ESA investigates new methods of mapping tropical forest from spaceTropical rainforests play a crucial role in Earth's carbon cycle by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass. However, mapping these carbon stocks from space poses a huge technical challenge. An airborne campaign, being carried out in South America, is showing how spaceborne radar could be an answer.http://phys.org/news170077227.html
EarthFri, 21 Aug 2009 12:50:01 ESTnews170077227Scientists use lasers to measure changes to tropical forestsNew technology deployed on airplanes is helping scientists quantify landscape-scale changes occurring to Big Island tropical forests from non-native plants and other environmental factors that affect carbon sequestration.http://phys.org/news152011959.html
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